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glyceraldehyde

glyceraldehyde

9.9
A small sweet molecule made when sugars break down in cells and used as a middle step in energy production
  • noun
  • /ɡlɪsəˈrælˌdɪhaɪd/
  • Specialized
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  • For example, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (22122) was down-expressed as well as a transketolase (50819) during Q2 and Q3.

Examples

  • DIAGRAMS: Fig 1 – Glyceraldehyde enantiomers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • D and plus for this, there's a particular bottle of glyceraldehyde which has that constitution right, and we're going to label it D plus.

  • In the metabolic process, glyceraldehyde acts as an important precursor compound for synthesizing more complex carbohydrates.

  • Researchers discovered that glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate plays a key role in photosynthesis by contributing to the formation of glucose.

  • The compound glyceraldehyde is significant in chemical reactions involving the metabolism of sugars.

Synonyms

glyceric aldehyde
vsglyceraldehyde
  • Specialized
9.3

A sweet solid made when sugars break down in cells or lab reactions

is the specific aldehyde variant that serves as a metabolic intermediate

Surface Forms

glyceraldehyde singular
glyceraldehydes plural

Morphology

glyceraldehyde = glycerin + aldehyde (opaque) = glycer + aldehyde

The combination of 'glycerin' and 'aldehyde' is not transparent to a non-specialist due to its technical and biochemical nature.

Etymology

The word glyceraldehyde combines glycer-, from a Greek word meaning 'sweet' and found in glycerin, and aldehyde, the name for a simple chemical group. So, glyceraldehyde is a small 'sweet' molecule that acts as a middle step when sugars break down in the body.